Fans disliking players and calling them rubbish is always going to happen. That's football and I think we are all entitled to say that someone isn't cutting it when they aren't. It's when the abuse gets personal, widespread and direct that it becomes an issue and that's what we are seeing with Lingard currently.
I already posted this in his performance thread but it's quite shocking that the week after we have had a mental health awareness campaign during the FA Cup on the weekend, there is a ton of abuse/'bantering' to Lingard not only from fans on twitter, but from media outlets and football clubs. The bantering from media outlets and football clubs might not seem 'serious' but when it's on a huge platform like twitter these are the posts that will be trending and which feed the direct abuse that Lingard will be receiving plus the ones that will be popping up on the feed.
I think it was great of him to open up about the struggles that he's been having personally. It probably opened himself up to more abuse from many but it normalises things like that when a big name comes out and says they're struggling and rationalises it for the everyday person that struggles with those things. It doesn't matter if you're a footballer or not - those things will make your work life struggle.
He isn't good enough to start for United, that's fine, I'm not saying he is. As i've continuously stated on here regarding him though the direct abuse and borderling bullying that he receives is just not okay at any level though. I don't understand how anyone could think that it is.
Although I agree with your general point, maybe I'm missing something but I don't see how that tweet is anything serious. A cheap shot indeed but nothing like the abuse he'd directly receive.
Sorry kouroux, repling to you in this thread as I think it's more appropriate than the performance one.
I don't think generally it would be serious, but when it's occuring at a time when there is a ton of direct abuse happening to Lingard, it just feeds into that hatred even more. If you scroll through the comments on that page it's pretty rancid.